Anjani Jain Faculty Profile
Anjani Jain
Adjunct Professor of Operations and Information Management
Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Graduate Division
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987; MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1979; BSc, University of Indore, India, 1977
Research Areas
Analysis and design of manufacturing systems; optimization algorithms; probabilistic analysis of combinatorial problems; auction-based mechanisms for resource allocation
Recent Consulting
Improvement of manufacturing and service processes in various industries including automotive, food processing, and financial services
Current Projects
Impact of product variety on manufacturing.
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1986-present (Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Graduate Division, 2000-present; Deputy Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Graduate Division, 1998-00; Director, Academic Affairs, Wharton Graduate Division, 1993-99; Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, 1987-94; Adjunct Associate Professor of Operations Management, 1994-2000).
Other Positions
Systems Analyst, Associated Cement Companies, India, 1980-81; Junior Fellow, Systems Research Institute, Pune, India, 1979-80
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Wharton Excellence in Teaching Award, 1992, 1994; Wharton Miller-Sherrerd Award for Teaching in the Core Curriculum: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999; Wharton Graduate Association MBA Core Curriculum Award: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000; Wharton Graduate Association "Whatever It Takes" Award, 1996; Howard E. Mitchell Award, 2000
Representative Publications
(with J.W. Mamer)
"Approximations for the Random Minimal Spanning Tree with Applications to Network Planning." Operations Research 36 (1988).
"Probabilistic Analysis of an LP Relaxation Bound for the Steiner Problem in Networks." Networks 19 (1989).
(with M.L. Fisher and J.P. MacDuffie)
"Strategies for Product Variety: Lessons From the Auto Industry." Redesigning the Firm E. Bowman and B. Kogut (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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